Monthly Archives: June 2016

Godless can target any Android device running Android 5.1 Lollipop or earlier. A family of malware called Godless has affected over 8,50,000 devices worldwide, according to a report on Trend Micro. The report says more than half (46.19 per cent)…

It’s been a tough week for Android security. First, one of the biggest mobile trojans ever was found to be running on 1.2 million Android devices, and now the number of Android ransomware cases are growing tremendously. A new Kaspersky…

Four percent of all mobile devices in big enterprises have malware installed but network threat to mobile phones bigger, says report. Mobile security firm Skycure says organizations with more than 200 iOS or Android mobile devices are most likely to…

June 22, 2016 A family of malware known as Godless has caught the attention of researchers for its tendencies to behave like an exploit kit. Godless, an emerging mobile malware threat capable of rooting Android phones, has started to adopt…

Security researchers at Cheetah Mobile Security Research Lab believe they could have discovered one of the largest trojan families of all time, affecting millions of Android devices around the world when it was in full swing. The mobile phone trojan…

Overlay malware has emerged as one of the more pernicious threats on mobile devices, particularly Android phones, and researchers have now discovered a new SMS phishing campaign that uses overlay malware to steal credentials for mobile banking apps and messaging…

YOUR LATEST Android security worry is an ‘auto-rooting’ malware threat dubbed LevelDropper that silently roots a device in order to load it full of crap apps. Researchers at Lookout uncovered the LevelDropper threat, which has bypassed Google Play’s security measures,…

Slack is quickly taking over messaging for businesses around the world, but its Android application isn’t exactly amazing, especially when it comes to feature support. Thankfully in its latest update, Slack has not only fixed a few outstanding issues, but also added…

While a lot of people in the market for a streaming box opt for a Roku, Apple TV, or Amazon Fire TV device, they are far from the only options available. Nvidia’s Shield Android TV box might not be well-known,…